The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-17
THE SCHOOLS
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o,iilmmoo THE sCHo0Ls,,iiIls OF bs7ol
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Finding the fore" of teachers entirely
inadequate to the number Of pupils, the
Trustees, under the advice Of Mr., Cotton,
have engaged, Mr., M, y, Nanley a, 3,
graduate of Middlshsry College, Vt, 70 as
sumo the chair OF slocuion and book, keep
Ing. n Mr.. Manley entered upon his duties
Oh Wednesday OF last week, ana went at
the work With the air Of one who knew
his business. He is highly recommended
from Manchester Centre, VI, and has been
successful IN his specialties, He sayoung
man Of more than ordinary ability, and will
find a warm place In the hearts Of parents,
as we'll as of pupils, ~ nadj o1om &tcQOs
The new carpet on the stage is fine ar
ticle, and sets things of very nicely.
A new class has been formed In book
Keeping, With MI, Marley as Instructor j,
MIR, Coltop's new class in physiology IS
doing nicely fot, q beginning class as osaod
Mr., dManlsys has 1fermed q. pew class 10
penmanship. laq9li rs idarodi noi1oI sldT
The catering class are taking algebra
this term, under Mr. Wheeler and Miss
Fuller oiiisoqqus 2di no buG iiat iadi u. sHR
"a joke viii break loose even In the most
serious assemblies. o1nthe chemistry class
the other day, Mr.. Cotton asked a pupil to
draw the line between liquids and solids,
Cant 10 IT," said the young hopeful o The he
LIQUID would run over the line" Il tro
MR. Cotton requested ayopngr fellow in
the zoology class to designate the branch Of
the animal kintlom to which the grasshop
per belonged, expecting nSArthfopoda'
would be the answer! but the boy said
aOrthodox," anu he wasntoa Methodist,
l,.noh,2lu3 jimm09 yam ohH violet brnu9
7sE9 79n0c1TY scHooI9 JorriNos. sb7'ng odi
Supt, D. r. A, Thorp, who has held hon
Osahle positions H. our City schools fpPr
many years appears nearly dass young a si he
used to he.niibbs on ii segiy jed! ind .b7cpg
The new furnaces In the Lincoln strue1
ture are proving successful as Is also the
new janitortoE tuo yuiaria gd bnomG Of
The raising Of the Easements, foreground
level, has done wonders In the way OF ven.
tllation and light. ,o'H' ''' D''sD ave"
az" p'" The COUNTY scH0oLs. "'''i .I.
,ad Supt. Stockdals has a hard TOW to hoe #
he desires to, educate the country school
directors up to the letter of the law. He
recently sent postal cards to all the clerks
of district school boards In the county, with
blank spacesleft for insertion OF answers
10 questions of Importance, and half of
them were, not returned The Questions
were of vital Imp rtance, such as whether
' Or nott the teacher. has certificate, or
whether shs or has been tothYee institute
,Astc4 sCoumon questions of light, tire, yen
iotilatiDn or condition of buildingssare also
auuaDswefetlm y19gs bGG ,ysboi b1Sod aidt
oaedfn lis Visits tothe country schools, ttbe
psupeffntendent finds that ofe.haIf Of them
ars 'prattitaI1y unit f6Jrf otcHpanty, and Tie
other half show few or no .conveniences.
Some Of them have no entryys, no out6uila4
ipgs. and very little plastering % the walls.
I'D thsEs aE1es so poorly ventilated and heated
, As to disgnstan ordinary man, much less a
b, systemiLer IKE, Me- St0Gkdsle ii, In other
10 places the stove'isi In the front part ofdfhe
room, and the floors have big cracks be.
tween the 'boards.H A large number have
ID no blackboards and no maps. Most OF the
schools require the teacher to make the
IL fire ,and sweep out, while the directors
! should hire, this done.n Meanwhile the
. county and state lgfte the superintendent
o no power except thatrof recommendation,
and he can do nothing t'seeihs that these
schools and their CONSTRUCTION Should he
d'unders a. boara'ot commissioners, no
10 Sqhid haVajp oTeYn PPgn5tthh TIE ffcqRiheafa
IttlDni N ths coaTy superintendent, tn7bUild
school h1TfeY aiJ ltS pdefrh*t SF ana Ike
1.-The distEicts pay for it., 81 nj gUnu '.i3oI 90
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.,.ud -iii no The City Fathers. -f l,,,., ID.
Everybody was present at the council
meeting on Tuesday evening except Mr.
. Corooran, and as il was his first offense, he is
evcusahle .W"B giuLi1iajh go ttpIGl nae
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